Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-18

! Forty Carloads Of People go to tho Gene
| tery-Cspt. Black the Piiucipal ORA
tor--Several Anarchists Make Ip.
nammatory Speeches
CHICAGO, H., Nov. 13.-The fUuefal Of
| the anarchists was held to-day It WAS,
conducted in quiet and orderly manner
The entire squad OF the central detail
police was on duty at the different points
along the line of march The procession
started from August Spiess late home at
about l2:45 O'Clock. The most striking
view of the procession was obtained at the
corner OF Lake and Desplaines street and
brought wildly TO mind the scenes Of
May 4, 1885, when the bomb WAS thrown.
AT just 1:45 O'Clock, the head ct TAG.
line reached the spot. At the Corney is
the saloon and hall Of Charles H-ph the
anarchist. 1t was to this saloon chat Par
sons took his wife and children alter he
finished his speech at the Haymarket and
where they sat when the bomb was
thrown. Two hundred feet south was
the place where stood the wagon from
which Spies and his comrades delivered
their harangues and counselled thrOttling
the law; here too was the alley from
which the Kissing fatal bomb was hurled
into the ranks OF the police. A little fur
Their south Is the spot where the missel
fell and did -uCn awful destruction. BY
accident or design the parade wpuuu
around this historic corner.
Tue line OF march TOOK the marching
army OF syMptthlZers directly past Grlet's
hall, III tue basement OF which Il group vi
reds used To mold nightly conference and
instruct each other In The use ol dynamite
al Dt pa
hour above mentioned the first line OF
men cOuld be ocen crossing Oe~plaiues
, street " ne + }" t-tN lle bloody u1ut took
place betN cen ju, uUIce and The railroad
strikers. IheiC was 40 advance guard Of
D police. Ihey wore no leu but slmple
black ClCt ne, " TN Grape On he arm Then
came a br lndntly dressed corps OF must
clans OF the German army. II We .
, strange scene. Following the first corps
l of musicians walked the defense comlult
) tee. George a. Schllllng led the commit
tee and carried floral tribute, Follow
; ing eight abreast were nearly 200 mem
bers OF Aurora TurnNerrlen, of which Au-
gust Spies was member Next 400 OF
the Narwaerts Turner society wearing
red badges on the breasts ii huudred OF
the Fortschritt branch followed.
Then the feature of the procession was
t, the hearse of August Spies There was
no noddlng black plumes, hat the TOD was
, so covered with floral tributes that moth
ing else could be seen. Inside was the
, richly covered casket standing out in
fl bold relief against the black brotdcl 9th OF
the collin was thrown a great SASH of red
ID silk, Spless color The crowds. craned
10 their necks to get a glimpse Of this the
i, most imposing of all the nearses.
AS the band wheeled into Lake street
A' playing II dlrge, there followed many
u hundred members of the Central La boz
u union ; behind them was the hearse bear-
Ell ing Flschers coffin and also bearing many
is flowers. NO red SILK emblem was on bis
hearse Then came the funeral ca rriage
!, Of a bert K. Parsons On the box near
% floral emblem with the incrptlon: From
Is X. of IL, assembly, No. 1906" the ASS EN-
al bly, TO which Parsons belonged until 1t
il was kicked out of the order Tor adherence
he to the cause OF the anarchists. This was
n, the only the floral piece on or in the hearse.
n, A simple strip OF red silk ribbon was
u trailed carelessly from the head OF the
Nv casket to the centre, then strung along
W the floor of the hearse until it woun d IL
rt self into little heaps at the foot.
nj Another cohort OF the Central Labor
oi union followed and behind them ca me the
re hearses of George Engel and Louis Lingg ;
/. over both collins We're red Uanne rs Ano
M several floral pieces We're carried o eE!uC
> or the demonstration were luterS peeed
carriages containing the RELATIVES. ant
nes" friends.
The next feature was the tarG out o.
Ell uut people NHO lOlLONeu dlleE TUE II { al &c
IRE consisting Of men, women, hey and girls
all on foot, babes in arms and bands OF
music. In ranks of four to eight deep
they tramped side by side, and not wore
Isl was uttered by those in the ranks or those
nd on the corners. The local assemblies OF
ne the knights OF Labor wore red scarlet III
h. their hats, bows of crimson Mt the thro ats
ed aud long steamers OF crimson from the
ot shoulder. Ia front marched Miss NJ AIRY
- Mccormick, master work man Of The or
kuOWn Dr
M Assembly X. of l.. She was attended Oy
ut two others, and the trio carried hugs
Of wreath,to the to pot which was attached :
snow-white dove this was the only white
ur dove in the line, The tribue was sent lr4Ir
ate Cincinnati. Then came more men. NO
,ar men and children, and it took the MAJ ch
~ ing thousands % minutes to pass the cor
''u ner.
Tx, Alter the people on foot came 80 car
etc riages overloaded with people of all ages
i'd and sects. The line of vehicles kept OF
ms. in Desplaines street squarely over the spo
The where the bomb fell the night of the not
The carriages reached the Wisconsin Cen
, trail depot 20 minutes ahead of the gro
cession. AS it passed the office of the Ar
bitter Xeitung and the Alarm man in tht
Aurora Turn Verren raised in the air 6
ok small fla and waved it over his head
ON This was the signal for cheer from the
ees loyal spectators on the sidewalk. Al the
oI- depot the collins were borne in on the
49, shoulders of the pail bearers through tht
10 side entrance and deposited in the com
the bination baggage and smoking car anC
be started for Waldhem cemetery. Inside
of the depot 5000 people pushed and jostleC
to each other in mad rush to gain seats il
ers the train.
~ The first train consisted Of IL coaches
~. beside the baggage car containing tht
a., cofius In the FIRST passenger car were
ale the mourners, Capt Black, Nina Val
has Zandt, Mrs Spies, Gretchen, August
ed sister, Ferdinand and Chris, his two
ig- brothers, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Engel ant
ne her children, Mrs. Fischer and her TIVE
babies The next coach contained Mrs
Capt. Black her adopted boy, Mrs
Schwsb and Mrs. Fielden and the Aurora
Turn Nerreip. The rest of the cars war,
her filled with miscellaneous throng wht
hill filled every seat and completely chokeC
be- up the aises. Three other trains wert